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The Burrows Abbey Collection of Chinese Glass
Artist: Chinese
Location: Bristol's City Museum and Art Gallery
Date: 581 - 1795
Materials: glass
Bequest:
Review number: 1613 (1950)
Provenance:
H. R. Burrows-Abbey
Description:
A collection of 290 pieces of Chinese glass tableware, consisting of a number of early works from the second and third century AD, from several dynasties including even the Sui (581-618 AD) and possibly earlier Dynasties; the majority of pieces date, however, from the Qianlong period (1736-1795). The glasses are brightly coloured to resemble other materials, such as celadon-glazed ceramics and jade. As Lord Crawford noted when the bequest was made in 1930, 'most of the beauty lies in the colour'.
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